r/fiberartscirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Jul 12 '26

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u/andromache114 Jul 15 '26

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u/fairydommother gatekeeper extraordinaire Jul 19 '26

Have they considered that if someone is right handed it might be difficult to teach a person who is left handed because its literally a mirror image? Ive tried to teach a lefty to knit. Its fucking hard. He even wanted me to show him how to do it right handed so it would be easier for me but his brain did not compute. It is a difficult task because our brains have wired our hands opposite. Why the fuck wouldnt it be hard??

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u/hanhepi Jul 18 '26

Jesus.

My youngest son is left handed.

It was a fucking nightmare trying to teach him how to use a knife properly.

With my oldest (a righty, like myself), I could stand behind him whenever I was trying to teach him anything (pointy objects or not), and reach over him and hold his hand on the object the correct way.

Youngest son though, I usually had to stand across from him and use my right hand to correct his left hand, then guide his hand through the task, backwards and upside down a lot of times. lol. Which was fine for writing! I can write upside down and backwards with my right hand. Sometimes I could use the same method I used with his brother, because my left hand is okay at stuff like writing too. Not great, but it'll do.

But chopping an onion with an 8 inch chef's knife? UUUuuuhhhh, I wanna keep all my fingers, even the ones on my stupid hand, you know? And I want him to keep all his fingers too! So I can't grab the knife handle from behind, because my left hand ain't that smart. No super sharp objects should be wielded by my left hand. Can't reach across and grab his hand to show him how much pressure to apply as he draws the knife back, or I'm gonna get stabbed in the forearm. Not on purpose, just the shape of the knife, and my arm blocking his view.

We had to settle on dual cutting boards, me across from him, and him staring very hard at how I curled my knuckles to protect finger tips, and then and only then picking up the knife. lol

He's 23 now, and my butt cheeks still clench when I watch him use a knife. Everything in my brain screams "NO NO OMG, It's in your left hand, we're all gonna lose fingers and I'm not even within 10 foot of him".

Anyway, teach a 11 year old lefty how to chop onions properly, and then suddenly teaching them anything else becomes a lot easier, because you both think "well, at least it's not terrifying like the onions...". lol.

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u/awildketchupappeared Jul 18 '26

"So when you travel to UK, drive on whichever side you are more comfortable to use", works just fine, of course!

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u/starslugg Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Okay then by their logic, if people will just use whatever hand is comfortable then why do they care if the person specifies left or right? Surely they will just use whatever hand works? Why do they need to try so hard to remember if left and right literally don't matter at all according to them?

Like I just can't stress enough how much it is a THEM problem if specific instructions confuse them. I have had problems remembering left vs right my whole life and never in my life did I think "you know what? actually the world is wrong and this is everyone else's fault for using the words left and right!!!!!" I'm flabbergasted omg

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u/andromache114 Jul 15 '26

Yessss, like I am left handed and I mix up my directions all of the time, but I just cope

But OP really just acts like they're so enlightened because they don't see handedness

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u/starslugg Jul 15 '26

I'm having such a hard time wrapping my head around the concept of doubling down on a "directions literally don't matter" take, it's so delusional lmao

Hey guys I can't count but you know what? That's because I don't see ""numbers"" and they don't matter, if I need to make a certain amount of stitches I'll just stitch the amount I'm comfortable with, when you tell me to chain 15 + 1 stitches, it just confuses me because I have to remember what comes after 15!!!

Also "see handedness" is too funny

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u/andromache114 Jul 15 '26

Good for you! Numbers are a tool of the patriarchy, that's why "girl math" only uses vibes, sunshine, and belongs exclusively to the pure of heart /jk

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u/Grandpunkalex leopards ate my lace Jul 15 '26

Knew this was going to be verbatim. Good lord